Microbiology: An Introduction
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Author: Gerard J. Tortora, Berdell R. Funke, Christine L. Case
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Escherichia is a correct answer because both Chromatium and Escherichia belong to phylum proteobacteria and class Gammaproteobacteria. Gammaproteobacteria is a large diverse bacteria facultative anaerobes, obligate aerobic and anaerobic, microaerophiles. The
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Microbiology: An Introduction
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